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You don't need any Certs to become a helper. Once you are in the industry, the company you work for will get you a Security Access Controls License to be able to view drawings with high security details. As you make your way through this industry, you can get certifications on different types of systems. Hope this helps.

Thanks, 10yr in the field now currently a lead low voltage tech. We run the cable but out source the installation and I’m trying to see where to start. I’ve heard of open path, but couldn’t get information to learn from them. Any systems that I could get training online?

Assa Abloy Academy has a lot of webinars.

No, that's why I upgraded to it.

@@lowvoltageghost888 nice mine is coming tomorrow.. I need something a little bigger than what I have but still able to wear comfortably on my tool belt.

Awesome. Well, good luck at work, buddy. The Klein Tools Belt is one of my favorite ones, by the way.

@@lowvoltageghost888 thanks! Keep making the great content.

Washers and toggle bolts.

I am using a controlled relay that provides 24VDC. No transformer.

@@lowvoltageghost888 Do you have a part number of the one you use? Or a video on the wiring set up?

I usually use big enclosures for projects over 8 doors. But you can find what you need in Altronix.com or LifeSafetyPower.com. even Amazon. What are you trying to do. Just 1 door? They sell 1 door kits in Amazon with the lock hardware and everything included.

@@lowvoltageghost888 Yes, I’m trying to just do 1 door with key pad and electric strike. I think I have everything just wanted to kind of get an idea of what it looks like all wired up or how you wired it up

Nice and Cheap. I'm glad it helped you.

It's actually the TP3B lol

Yes, you can daisy chain them. Depending how much power you need. FPO150/250: Land positve wire on DC1 and negative wire to BR. Just make sure to set your board to 12VDC and not to PASS, so you don't burn you readers. Most readers take 12VDC. Hopefully, this was helpful.

@SJ-nl6xl Drain wires are used in cables in conjunction with a metallic shield to ensure effective grounding. The drain wire serves to complete an electrical circuit from the shield and carry unwanted electrical noise to ground away from the circuit. In other words, is so if the wire picks up static, the data traveling through the wire doesn't get interrupted or start acting up when you badge because of high voltage by the area you ran your wire or any other static sources in the pathway.

S2 is a bit different because they usually ate blades in the enclosure us at the end of the day, Access Controls is always the same.

Great suggestion! Thank you for the support.

Much appreciated!

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No text is necessary. How about a video showing us how it's properly done.

Apparently, you did listen to what I said. It's an existing scratched up door in a building that was going to get remodeled and painted. The customer was okay with it as long as it served its purpose. We would love to see a video of you installing the strike.

I really appreciate you comment brother, I'm 100% here to assist and share as much as I can. Cheers

I made sure to look it up in the Electronic Terminology book to back myself up.

@@lowvoltageghost888 also as an IT guy, it's been a while since I heard that term, last time I heard about it is the time of IDE drives where you could set which one is Master drive and slave drive, but still, normal people being offended by "master and slave" term is still ridiculous, but aside from that your setup is really beautifuly done.

You have 2 options, depending on the infrastructure. If the Control Panels (Head-End Enclosures) are in different rooms (MDFs/IDFs), you can connect them via ethernet. But if you have them centralized in one control panel enclosure, you can connect up to 32 boards together through RS485 communication on these particular Mercury Boards, which pretty much is 64 doors with access controls. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered as well, like the distance of the access controls door to the head-end controler, with 18 gauge wire you can go up to 500ft max. Different systems are different. Hopefully that answered the question.

@@lowvoltageghost888 Cheers I figured it may of been rs485 also. I do industrial automation and it's a mix of both with a fibre backhaul for the IDFs.

Yes, I have done projects where customers wanted to save money on not having purchasing Master Boards and wanting RS485 run between (MDFs/IDFs) or from building to building with RS485 because some of those building had no network and they just wanted to monitor the entry and exit of employees with access controls, so RS485 was run to them. RS485 can travel up to like 4000 ft. Depending on the gauce of wire.

Some boards come like that, fried and crispy. Jk. But, to be honest, idk, I have installed some boards that are lighter red and darker red. But as long as they work, I'm happy. It's funny because that one is a fresh board, brand new.

@@lowvoltageghost888 looks like they might have overheated the board putting the components in

Maybe, not sure, that would be a manufacturing question. But yes, I have noticed the coloring a little brighter and faded on some of them.i

Even if the PCBs were manufactured in the same location, there is no guarantee that the color would be the same between two batches. We can also observe color change due to thermal or thermomechanical aging of PCBAs. So having a darker color for the older PCB could be due to an aging effect as well.

Thank you for the support @ManofCulture very informative.

Thank you Nick.

Thank you sir.

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Thank you for the support, I hope you take something from this and pass it along.

Thank you sir

Coming up soon buddy, thank yoi for the support.

No sir.

Thank you so much. If you have alot of questions feel free to ask and one thing I will share is you can always go to LifeSafetyPower.com, there is alot of useful information on this kind of enclosures (power side), from manuals to very helpful videos.

@@lowvoltageghost888 thank you! I guess from the boards to the hardware it all makes sense it’s the part where you connect to software or the cloud that idk. I’m kinda at a point where I have a local lock supplier that can supply me everything. They even have engineering that will work with my customers thru me. All I would need to do is install from power supply to the downstream (doors). I just lack the knowledge with the integration into what goes on upstream before the hardware panel to where “administrator” level is (internet etc). Last job I turned that part down and just installed all the hardware and left the wires hanging at the doors per our agreement. They had a guy run his part to my wires and he handled all the badge readers and all that stuff as well. I’m just missing out on a lot of opportunity with that side of it. Thanks!

Well, it's very simple, you can wire up the hardware very easily. The Network part you new a License and to be Certified to be able to download and enroll the readers, but the head-end termination and field termination you can complete your self, just hook up the power to the designated lock hardware and the readers and devices also can be hooked up, I'll post a video on how to hook up readers and basic reader terminations and communications. As well as terminating lock power.

Thank you.

Thank you sir

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It's great, I'm going to buy another color. The best part, in my opinion, is the laser. But overall, it was a great purchase.

We usually have accounts with big wiring companies and get discounts because we buy so much cable, examples: EXCEL/ANIXTER/WIRECITY/ELLIOTT ELECTRIC, ETC.

A lot of the large locksmithing supply houses carry wire in bulk and by the foot as well as access control hardware in general.

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

Glad it was helpful!

I do have testers. This is just a review of the tool pouch, I usually always have my 4 pair tester or multimeter. I now upgraded to a TP6B since I always have a cart with me on my installations.

@@lowvoltageghost888 I guessed you had testers, along with tone tracers ect, just wondered how you carried them? I work for a telecoms company, but it's along time since I worked outside on the tools as now deal with remote diagnostics and providing tech support for the guys in the field. With the gradual move over to fiberoptics, there is a whole new world of fibre specific tools and hand held testers I wouldn't have a clue how to use lol With regards your upgrade, i know exactly where you are coming from as I swear tools breed when you're not looking lol...

We have a Networking Infrastructure Department, but I install mostly Access Controls, CCTV and Intrusion Systems, not much Data.

Haven't experienced On Call Service, if that's what you mean. We have a service department that take care of any service tickets and on call, from what I heard it sucks, because you can get called any second of the day, but there is benefits to it like going to take care of a ticket and fix it in 30 minutes and charge 4 hrs. Depends on how you see it.

@@lowvoltageghost888 yeah I feel the pain on that service schedule. I'm on rack refrigeration at supermarkets.

Have you thought of uploading videos?

@@lowvoltageghost888 yes in the near future. I had comms loss ticket today haha

That be cool, are installing any of the new systems that Walgreens has, like screens in front of the refrigerators? That shows all the items but on the door screen?

Get one for New Years

My opinion. Not really. This was the strongest and best-looking way under budget, I'm sure there is more way to do this.

Your welcome, thank for the support.

There's a lot of low voltage systems out there. Iin my case, we install Access Controls, Network Infrastructure, Surveillance Systems, and Intrusion Systems. I'm considered to be a Security Systems Installer.

Thanks buddy.